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Be nice
Don't be a dick.
Applies to: allRemoval reason: Wasn't being nice.
r/advertising · Marketing & SEO
r/advertising Reddit Community Guide
THIS IS NOT A PLACE TO ADVERTISE. YOU WILL BE BANNED. r/Advertising: Is for ad creators, students, copywriters, and anyone else who is finely honing their reverse banner blindness for professional reasons.
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What is r/advertising about?
What people discuss
r/advertising is included in the Marketing & SEO section of the IntentWorth Reddit community leaderboard. Its live description and recent posts show the subjects members are discussing now, while the activity data helps you judge the pace of new conversations.
Who should read this community
Use r/advertising when its current discussions overlap with a question you can answer, an experience you can share or a topic you genuinely want to understand. Read several threads before deciding how to participate.
Latest community activity
Data updated 2026-08-09
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Posts in 24h
4
Median comments
8
Active authors
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Community rules
These are the currently published rules. Moderators and AutoModerator may enforce additional account-age, karma, flair or posting requirements that are not publicly listed.
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No advertisements or spam
Posts will be removed, posters banned. If you would like to advertise visit - https://about.reddit.com/advertise
Applies to: allRemoval reason: Advertising/spam
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Low quality
We're trying to build something great here, help us do that. A post or comment in a poor attempt to shill or sell a product or service, is someone's homework, is looking for free marketing instead of paying for a professional, or is a few sentences with a link to their blog. Let's not forget, memes, rants without a source, screenshots, etc. will all be removed.
Applies to: allRemoval reason: Quality is lacking
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URL Shorteners
Any post or comment using a URL shortener will be removed.
Applies to: allRemoval reason: URL Shorteners
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Surveys and/or homework/assignment help
Don't post them.
Applies to: allRemoval reason: Surveys and/or homework/assignment help
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Not advertising industry related
This sub is for professionals to talk specifically about advertising, not for advertising product/services and not for topics unrelated to the advertising industry.
Applies to: allRemoval reason: Not advertising industry related
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No AI Generated Posts
Posts that have clearly been generated by ChatGPT or another chatbot will be deleted and user banned.
Applies to: allRemoval reason: AI Generated Post
Top recent discussions
These recently collected r/advertising discussions are ordered by score and comment activity. Open a thread on Reddit to read the full context and current replies.
Omnicom & Publicis FTE
88 points · 35 comments
40+ year old ad folks, how are you doing financially and what are your thoughts about the industry?
67 points · 92 comments
Layoffs vs Promos at Omnicom
60 points · 71 comments
Been out of work for almost 2 years and feeling incredibly lost. Is this industry cooked? Has anyone in the past few years been able to successfully transfer out of advertising agency life into another career path?
54 points · 48 comments
How to get out of an agency and go client side
51 points · 40 comments
Do I stay or do I go
47 points · 85 comments
The TBWA rebranding is comical
46 points · 23 comments
Has anyone noticed coworkers or bosses using AI to communicate with you directly?
43 points · 46 comments
How do you have a "successful" creative career and still feel unemployable?
41 points · 35 comments
are ALL "good" agencies full of drama?
39 points · 27 comments
How this community activity is measured
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Posts in the latest 24 hours
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Median comments
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Daily member change
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